Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10
CVE-2018-17612
Sennheiser HeadSetup 7.3.4903 places Certification Authority (CA) certificates into the Trusted Root CA store of the local system, and publishes the private key in the SennComCCKey.pem file within the public software distribution, which allows remote attackers to spoof arbitrary web sites or software publishers for several years, even if the HeadSetup product is uninstalled. NOTE: a vulnerability-assessment approach must check all Windows systems for CA certificates with a CN of 127.0.0.1 or SennComRootCA, and determine whether those certificates are unwanted.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
EPSS: 0.067 (93.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows_10 — versions 1607, 1703, 1709
- Microsoft Windows_7
- Microsoft Windows_8.1
- Microsoft Windows_rt_8.1
- Microsoft Windows_server_2008 — versions r2
- Microsoft Windows_server_2012 — versions r2
- Microsoft Windows_server_2016 — versions 1709, 1803
- Microsoft Windows_server_2019
- Sennheiser Headsetup — versions 7.3.4903
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-17612?
- CVE-2018-17612 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-11-09.
- How severe is CVE-2018-17612?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.